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Example sentences for "hitch"

Lexicographically close words:
historye; historyes; histrionic; hit; hita; hitched; hitches; hitching; hith; hithe
  1. I dare you to say that again, and hitch anybody's name to it.

  2. The sermon was at least two hours long, and many a hitch did the Squire give me before it was over; that was the beginning of the little trick, which you see I have now, of jerking up a little on one side occasionally.

  3. How he did shout, as though he were only twenty, and what a hitch he gave me on the occasion!

  4. No, I'll stick by the schooner until this hitch with the crew is straightened out.

  5. That's all anybody seems to know about him, and it is suspected that he has his own reasons for keeping a clove hitch on his tongue about himself.

  6. And the conviction grew upon her that there was a hitch somewhere.

  7. She saw Sir William hitch himself out of the driving-seat, and go across to his brother, with the light active step which she always admired in him, and heard his hearty greeting.

  8. But you'll hitch me out in front of the store to a hitching post like any other beast of burden," returned Neale, following in her footsteps out of the side gate.

  9. I want to hitch there by the Lawton Pike.

  10. I guess ye air gettin' a bit kinder mixed up, an' yer yarn don't hitch on an' run smooth like!

  11. She tucked in a loose end of canvas and made a new hitch in a length of rope.

  12. He made a hitch in the rein and dropping it on the black's neck, lifted his hand to the silk handkerchief knotted at his throat.

  13. So Billy swore now with only an occasional hitch where his indignation muddled pronunciation.

  14. Stillwell immediately began to hitch up his team, and the cowboys went out to fetch their strayed horses.

  15. Take a half-hitch on her yourself an' see where you end up," replied the fellow, and disappeared in the jumble of rocks.

  16. At the last moment there seemed a great likelihood of a hitch in plans for the first stage of that homeward journey.

  17. When, after innumerable attempts, he succeeded in throwing the diamond-hitch on a pack-horse the cowboys began to respect him.

  18. We'll hitch on to a caravan at Peshawar till we get to Jagdallak, and then we'll see if we can get donkeys for our camels, and strike into Kafiristan.

  19. My friend had no money beyond eight annas which he wanted for dinner, and I had no money at all, owing to the hitch in the Budget before mentioned.

  20. There was no hitch in the surrender; and no attempt to shoot Williams.

  21. He grinned mirthlessly, got up, took a hitch in his cartridge belt, and drew a full breath.

  22. And daddy says you're going to show us how to drive him and hitch him up and all like that," went on Sue.

  23. After the visitor had gone Bunny and Sue wanted to hitch Toby up again, and drive down to their father's dock to tell him about the new trick the pony could do.

  24. Bunker Blue can easily haul it here, and you can hitch Toby to it out of sight of our big auto.

  25. We hitch steam and electricity to our wagons, and in a few days make the circuit of the globe.

  26. We do not hitch a race-horse to the plough, nor should we ask the best intellects to do the common work of which every man is capable.

  27. Laramie, who had lighted his cigarette, stood looking after Kate: "I hitch up with nobody.

  28. The feeling between the two men she left together flared up at once: "Does this mean you're going to hitch up with the cattlemen, after all?

  29. Jerry and I will be out as soon as we can hitch a ride.

  30. He noticed that the Indian held to a pattern: he would run along for a half hour or so and then hitch a ride on the sled for ten minutes.

  31. They will be a trifle large, but you'll have to hitch them up in spots and in in other spots and make the best of it," Anthony pursued firmly.

  32. Ralph gave the lever a hitch for a rattling dash on ten miles of clear running.

  33. Your fireman and that gang of hoodlums hitch together in some way, you mark my words.

  34. Wind (A) back to the starting point, take a half hitch and let hang.

  35. Wind ribbing spirally around the body and tie off with two turns and a half hitch of tying silk as Fig.

  36. Wind (D) back and forth several times to form a tapered body, fasten with two or three turns and a half hitch with (A) Fig.

  37. Next wind tying silk (A) back to the starting point, take a half hitch and let it hang.

  38. The pack on the yoke was yet taut and safe—thanks to my little experience in learning both the diamond and Texas hitch in the mountains of New Mexico.

  39. Your horse seems to be a work-horse; hitch him up by the side of the gray mare and I'll ride 'Keno.

  40. He said: "Now let me help you into the wagon and I will hitch up and we will go to camp.

  41. The calling of the one, the age and dignity of the other, to say nothing of an old wound that gave a hitch and drag to his step, forbade their mingling with the throng.

  42. Place the near pack in position and against the lower rope, and holding it with one hand, bring the rope up and over the pack with the other hand and throw a half hitch around the forward fork, keeping the free end of the rope under.

  43. Pass the running rope back and throw a half hitch around the rear fork, the loose or running end of the rope on the under side, as when forming the half hitch on the front fork.

  44. All is ready now for the hitch that is to bind the pack into place.

  45. With the free end of the rope on the near side form a half hitch on the rear cruz, allowing sufficient loop between the forward and rear cruz to receive the side pack, with the free end of the rope falling under the loop.

  46. Now pass the running rope from under over the pack at the rear, throw a half hitch over the rear fork, take up all slack, bring the loose end under and around the two ropes at their intersection between pack and rear fork, and tie securely.

  47. He now takes a loop of the rope, forces it between standing rope and pack, in a bight, and takes a turn of the loop around standing and running rope to secure it, first joining the loop well up, and the hitch is tightened.

  48. If inconvenient to include within the pack, the cooking outfit in its canvas case may be lashed to the top of pack after the final hitch has been tied.

  49. For this purpose various hitches are employed by packers, each hitch well adapted to the particular conditions which evolved it.


  50. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hitch" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    amble; articulate; barge; bed; bite; block; blockade; bolt; break; bridle; brush; buckle; bundle; butt; button; catch; clasp; clip; clump; cordon; couple; cramp; crick; crux; curry; curtain; deterrent; difficulty; dovetail; drag; drawback; drench; droop; enlistment; fasten; fastener; feed; flick; flip; flirt; flounce; fodder; foot; gait; gallop; gentle; girth; gnawing; groom; halt; handle; harness; hasp; hazard; hindrance; hinge; hitch; hobble; hook; hop; hurdle; impediment; interference; jam; jerk; jigger; join; joint; joker; jolt; jump; kink; lacing; latch; liability; limp; litter; lock; lumber; lunge; lurch; manage; marry; match; mate; milk; mince; miter; mortise; nail; nip; objection; obstacle; obstruction; pace; paddle; pang; paroxysm; peg; pin; pinch; plod; pluck; prance; prick; rabbet; rack; rivet; roll; rope; rub; saddle; saunter; scarf; screw; scuffle; scuttle; seizure; sew; shamble; shoot; shooting; shuffle; sidle; skewer; skip; slink; slither; slouch; slowness; snag; snake; snap; snatch; spasm; splice; stab; stagger; stake; stalk; stamp; staple; start; step; stick; stitch; stomp; straddle; straggle; stretch; stride; stroll; strut; stump; swagger; swing; tack; tame; tend; tenure; term; thrill; throes; thumb; tie; toddle; toggle; totter; tour; train; tread; trip; trot; trudge; tweak; twinge; twitch; unite; velocity; waddle; walk; water; wed; wedge; wiggle; wobble; wrench; yoke; zipper